The group’s demonstration, to protest what members said was a lack of police accountability, punctuated a tumultuous week in the city: five days that would include protests, demonstrations, dueling press conferences and confrontations between police and activists — much of it involving the group Black Lives Matter and all of it in response to the shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark by Minneapolis Police in the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 15. Here, a look at one of the most dramatic week’s in the city’s recent history:

Mayor Betsy Hodges, center, asking for a civil rights investigation into the shooting of Jamar Clark during a Monday press conference.

MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan

Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau stated at Monday’s press conference that the BCA investigations aren’t a predetermination of guilt of the officers, but “everyone involved needs and deserves the truth and the facts.”